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“I wouldn’t let anything happen to her.” The confirmation came after Roderic had said as much, and she flashed a smile to River as she listened to everyone once more. The look is met with a glare, pointedly saying nothing will happen to either of us. Chill the hell out. She almost huffed, but managed to suppress the sound itself much to her surprise. It was something she was used to, however, how protective her brother could be - it was something that she appreciated, considering the rest of Altaire hadn’t really seemed to give a rats ***. When Sky began to rant, all that Juliet could do was blink.

“Sky… breathe.” She suggested.

Juliet knew that they didn’t need to breathe, it wasn’t something that anyone needed to do as a vampire, but she suggested it as a way to say that the woman needed to calm down. She didn’t think it was the alcohol influencing her emotions, either, as she knew that she was an allurist. “Granted, if the Paladin say something that’d set her off, at least she’d likely stomp their asses…” She thought to herself and then shook her head, chuckling quietly as she considered the possibility. It would be one interesting sight, for sure.

Very softly, as if not to start River, Juliet spoke into the girl’s mind, “You should take a few deep breaths, too, I know it doesn’t allow oxygen… but it’d probably help your nerves. You look like me when I used to drink espresso.” When she was finished speaking, Juliet gave her a warm smile to indicate that she’d done it, as if not to scare the girl any more and her green eyes flickered back to Skylar and then to the others to take in their expressions. She turned her head to Doc and nodded as she listened to his plan, but then turned her gaze back towards River as the girl mentioned a distraction.

It could work, couldn’t it? When Doc lowered his voice, she listened closer and lifted her eyebrow at the phone. She knew about hackers; she used to hack and some annoyed the crap out of her with her businesses a few years back. “You do realize I can’t go invisible, right?” She asked, lifting her eyebrow as she figured it’d probably be the best time to put it out there, “I could sneak around, but I’m no shadow. Learned the other way.” She shrugged and then chewed on her bottom lip. It’d be a good way to get information when they all needed it, sure. Her arms folded in front of her chest again, continuing to chew on her lip in thought.

Juliet nodded her head towards Freyja as an indication that she agreed with what she had said. “That I agree with, should be a good way to get about.” Looking around, she found what looked to be an old receipt and reached over to grab it. Finding it to be a piece of paper folded over a few times with blood staining one corner, she simply brushed off and removed a pen from her pocket before beginning to write it all down. While she might be able to remember a lot of it, she did better when she wrote things down so that she knew it would be processed into her mind.

When she finished writing, Juliet simply gave a shake of her head, “Maybe someone or two people should get a wraith out there to keep an eye on them so we’re able to continue to plan, but make sure it’s not worth a waste of effort? A second piece of visual, you know?” The suggestion was made as she looked over her handwriting. It was chicken scratch, something that had been part of the fall from dealing with Cassadee’s hands being a different size than Juliet’s own, but legible. “We wouldn’t want to plan and be ready to move only to find them on top of us.”

Doc: Doc had been about to explain about the bombs, when Skylar when off on him about Sparky. Doc took half a step back. Skylar who had been all giddy about agreeing to kill the paladins, until she turned into raging mama bear. Apparently Skylar took exception to Doc’s playful banter regarding Sparky. As Skylar hugged the girl Doc gave her a look that clearly said, he was backing off. He surreptitiously gave Ric a look that indicated he hoped he never saw Skylar get really angry.

Instead of countering Skylar contention that he had not planned on using Sparky as a sacrificial lamb; that his plan had both Jewels and Sparky relatively safe; that he was going to take the risk, not them, he chose to bide his time and let others comment first. Doc had a bad habit of pissing people off. He did not want that to happen right now. It worked to his advantage. Sparky decided on her own to stay on his team. And once he found out she was a shadow, his plan evolved. He would use his power of animal form to go Puma, and attack the paladins. Sparky could go to shadows and and stand watch for paladins returning while Jewels used his phone to get any data off the cells that the paladins might have left behind.

That was the chink in his plan, what if they didn’t set their phones to the side? What if they carried them? The plan evolved again. Puma would have to kill one, just in case. Doc grinned to himself, that would be a new experience. He was up for a new experience. He brought his attention back to the group, as Jewels suggested a wraith needed to watch them. “Good call. I will send Bob.” Looking from Jewels to Ric, “The bombs, if we are successful in getting information from their phones, we can back trace the calls to the cell tower they originated; and then we see where the majority calls ping. That will be the area of at least one of their ‘lairs’. We will have to scout it out.. unless one of them is stupid enough to leave that information on their phone. If we come up dry.. there is always that church..of theirs that we can blow sky high..”

Having expounded his idea regarding the bombs, he looked at Sparky, about her idea of adding the blonde amazon to his team. The blonde was ready to rumble, that gave Doc pause, he liked to play things calm and quiet, he got the impression the Amazon would go in guns blazing. “We’re scouting Sparky. Lurking for intel only. The way I want it to go down, no one takes any heat.. but me. And I will be in animal form.. so any unease they may feel could be put down to fear. They are in the hunting grounds, having a puma attack should not be out of the realm of possibility, while the puma chases them off.. you and .. whomever will search their stuff. Since you are a shadow, you can hide in shadows and be a lookout, in case they double back. You would give Jewels a warning, and you both disappear.”

There was a shake of her head to show that no, she didn’t have a wraith. She hadn’t bothered to relearn the ability, it hadn’t done anything for her in the past other than give her a headache at times. “It may be best to send Daegal, too, I don’t have one any more.” She made a mental note to start preparing to learn again; it wouldn’t hurt her, really, to have an extra set of eyes floating around at a later date if this happened again. “Went to seeking powers, instead.” Though, she began to wonder if that would do any good for her at the moment. Instead of voicing the question, she simply chuckled to herself and then rubbed the back of her neck as she lifted the pen and looked down at the notes she’d scribbled down again.

So Doc could shift into a mountain lion. That made sense, it would come in handy. The plan was coming together and Juliet had to smile a bit to herself as she listened to everyone. As she waited. Picking up her note, she eyed the page before folding it and tucking it into her back pocket. “Sounds like a good idea to me.” Juliet said about going upstairs. She tried to think of anything that she might need out of her own apartments, if she had anything stashed away. For the life of her, however, everything came up blank. She didn't think she had anything but cameras or ammo that would be of use. As she followed the others to the elevator, she focused on connecting to the auction - she could use her phone to do it, but where was the fun in that?

A shield would be done, later. She thought that may be best to do it then. After a few minutes and finding nothing of use on the auction block, she cut back off and then lifted her chin as she heard the elevator lowering itself into the lobby. “I never understood why Paladin couldn’t just attack the ones that got themselves in trouble or known. Minus drinking blood, and of course having a different body, pretty much the same stuff is done that I did while human.” She sighed, “It isn’t as if all of us are stupid and draw attention to ourselves wearing a sign.” Then again, she supposed some in Harper Rock were. And she knew that it could be the old concept of a few rotten apples - she once knew a farmer to throw out several bundles just because he had found three. It was a waste, but he hadn’t wanted to risk it. Perhaps it was that same mentality.

Upon hearing the other woman speak, Juliet turned and looked at the younger vampire with an incline of her head, “Are you sure, Freyja?” She asked, a frown playing across her lips. She glanced at the group itself, thinking that they all could fit, but after the other spoke again, she gave a nod of her head and stepped inside once the doors had slid open. She began to make a checklist of all what she would need to do - gather a better gun, have Sky appraise the sword she'd gotten last year (it was still in good shape, she was sure, but it wouldn’t hurt to check), make a tally of what they had in items and gadgets. “This’ll be one hell of a run.” She muttered aloud and to no one in particular.

Doc: Doc subsided into silence as he made contact with his Wraith Bob, mentally detailing the specifics to him. To find and report A.S.A.P. He wanted numbers, specific locations, the type of weapons and firepower they had with them. In addition Bob was to scout the surrounding area to make sure there were no more groups sprinkled about the area. And if there were, he would want the same details. Wraiths were good, but it would still take time for Bob to get the information that he needed.

By the time Doc returned his focus to the group, it had been decided to regroup on the either floor lobby. He chose to take the stairs. It wasn’t like because he disliked elevators, but it did seem to him, that of the others several didn’t want to ride in the current car. He figured it was because they thought they would be stuck in the care with him, and they didn’t want to ride with him. He was a fatalist. What ever could wrong, would go wrong, if he was involved, and then it was more or less.. it was his fault. Even if it wasn’t. He realized he gave people the creeps. And usually he didn’t ******* care, but today, in this case, he did care. He was about to go into a combat situation, and he needed them, to know that they could trust him. That he would cover their ***. He would go down, before allowing them to get hurt.

In Doc’s mind, he always expected the worse case scenario. He wasn’t going to put the kid in harm’s way. But, he hadn’t exactly explained himself either. He hated ******* explaining himself. He expected to be trusted. But yea, why should they? They didn’t know him. For all they knew he would turn tail at the first sign of trouble; except that we wouldn’t. As he headed up the stairs, he went back over the plan, or his particular part of the plan. He needed alternate scenarios. What if he couldn’t get the entire group to scatter into the woods?

That was why when he found out that Sparky was a shadow, it fit his plan even better. He had not been aware of her skills in that area before. He had planned along to be the ‘bait’ as it were. In animal form he could kill one of the paladins, and chase the others out of the area. But now knowing, Sparky was shadow, it gave his plan extra security. If they didn’t scatter, Sparky could take a position in the shadows and take them out long range. Well depending on whether she was a decent shot.

Then there was Jewels. He had seen her routinely in the sewers, so it seemed to him, she should be comfortable with sparring with and killing the paladins and hunters found down there. But he wasn’t sure of her skill set either. He didn’t know her really. So he needed to ask a few more questions.

Entering the lobby of eighth floor from the stairwell, Doc saw most everyone was already there. Without getting into Sparky’s personal space, he moved toward her, looking from her to Jewels, as if to say, ‘let’s confer’.

“So Sparky, you’re a shadow.. what skills have you mastered?” He paused as he looked at Jewels, “I have sent Bob to scout out the details, so if things have changed, we should know pretty soon. How are you both with rifles? In case distraction isn’t a viable solution and we need an alternate plan?”